| In a few minutes they were not more than half a verst from the river. |
| He told me that if I would let him ride one verst more with me he would then turn back. |
| When he had gone a verst his strength gave out, his feet were sore. |
| It has been decided to approach to coast and to rise on an anchor in verst from it. |
| And he plunged into the river, which here was half a verst in width. |
| I looked back for the last time when we were half a verst along the road. |
